Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1887-05-28
The National Parade.

lily to our own interest.-Exchangs.
The National Parade.
Washington Telegram: The troops
were reviewed by the President We'd
nesday from the grand stand in front
Of the White House. There were
1900 men In line. The episode of
the procession was the Withdrawal
from the line Of the Vicksburg South-
rons and the Memphis Merchant
Zouaves, because negroes had been
given places In the line ahead Of IL EN-.
When the right of the column ap-
preached, the President stepped upon
the dais and in response to the salute
Of the passIng comprades removed bis
hat and bowed. Following General
Augur and the brilliant staff attached
TO his headquarters came the marine
band Of forty men. The order Of the
parade was as follows:
Virginia brigade-Brigadier General
G. ]. Anderson.
First provisional battalion-Louis.
vile Legion, six companies-Col. Jno.
B. Castlemsn.
Second provisional battalion-Six.
companies Of Second Ohio infantry:
company d, Eighth Ohio; company
c, Seventeenth Ohio: Toledo Cadets,
and battery B. Ohio-Col. Joseph +.
Howe.
Third provisional battAlion-wash-
ington Light Infantry corps. WASH
ington Cadets-Col. N. E. Moore.
Fourth provisional battalion San
Antonio Rifles, Belknap Rifles, vicks-
burg Southrons. Lomax Rifiss, Louis-
lana Rifles, Lee Light Guard, COM
pany ID, Second Missouri; companies
B and G, Third Missoun-Msj. w. H.
Sheffield.
Fifth provisional battalion-Com.
pany d, Second Maine; company d,
Second New York; company q, First
New Jersey; company H, Sixth Hi.
nois; Fort Wayne Zouaves, Indianapo-
lis Light Infantry, Milwaukee Bat
terry Infantry A, Third Indiana Cat
ling Gun squad-Col. Robleter.
Sixth provisional-Company D,
Eighteenth Michigan, companies B
and 1, Second Michigan. Company A,
First Michigan, Company ID, First
Minnesota. Growers Guard of North
Carolina-Col. Arilbony.
Seventh provisional battalion-Fifth
Rhode Island battalion, Sheridan
Guards.
Provisional battalion-Military Ca
dets, Peekskill Cadets, Cayuga Lake
Cadets, Maryland College Cadets,
Bethel Cadets. Sc. Johns Academy
Cadete-Col. John Sumner Rogers.
The wide. smoothly paved avenues
selected for the line Of march afforded
ample room for display by company
front, aud Thousands Of strangers with
half the population of Washington
filled the windows and lined the pave
ment along the entire route.
John L. Mitchell
The New York Mail and Express
has . chapter of gossip about John l..
Mitchell, who recently inherited Q
fortune of twenty millions upon the
death Of his father, Alexander
Mitchell. Among others, the follow
ing incident 10 narrated: "Thers 10 ct
least one man In Montana who viii re-
member him. He was one Of our party
In the Willard excursion and In our
Car. In the principal towns all along
the line old acquaintance searched for
him, and when We reached Helena,
one Of the leading citizens was 1t the
station with . carriage 10 take him out
TO the country air. He had not been
In the city an hour before he was on
the stand. watch In hand judging .
horse race. II was . great deal like
any otksr country horse race be wrote
home to his wife. There were three
or four young fellows who did NOT
know how 10 come down 10 the wire
aud one or two clever jockeys who
would not come for the world unless
they had . clear advantage on the
start. They scored four or ave times
and after warning the smart fellow I
told him IN come down square with
the rest next time or would fns him.
He looked up 10 80 who The rash tsn-
derfcos ives that addrssssd him snd
drove up the next time lust e before.
He did not have tims 70 turn roupd
before i called him beck. Gns1 hin go
and made him pay u bsfors he slarls1
again. He was 90 astonishod thaf ~
forgot 10 swear out loud, eui the osn-
mittes afterward told ~ - ihsy
were only too elad thsk I ~ 49,
what they would not havs GI1g ~
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